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The Nebraska Adventure is a 4th grade Nebraska history textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Nebraska Social Studies Framework and teaches Nebraska geography, history, economics, citizenship, and government. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history.

Aviation Machinist’s Mate Theodore “Ted” Sazama was a Nebraska farmboy who left his home and the girl of his dreams to serve in the U.S. Navy in World War II. From 1942 to 1945, he kept this day-to-day diary or journal, detailing his experiences and his love for his country, his home, his family, and his beloved wife-to-be. Illustrated with black and white war photos. (FM War Memoir Books, a division of Field Mouse Productions.) WWII Memoirs Series.

Lucky Ears: The True Story of Ben Kuroki, World War II Hero
by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

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A quick reader's biography of Ben Kuroki, a Nebraska-born, Japanese American who fought very hard to become an American aerial gunner and a hero during World War II. In that war, he flew a total of 58 missions against both Germany and Japan. Throughout his adult life, he often spoke out for good citizenship and against racism.

Wolves In Blue: Stories of the North Brothers and their Pawnee Scouts
by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

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A quick reader's biography of brothers Frank and Luther North and the Pawnee Scouts who protected overland trail travelers, settlers, and railroad workers in the Central Plains during the Plains Indian Wars and the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Two of those Pawnee Scouts "shared" the first Congressional Medal of Honor ever awarded to a Native American.

Eagle of Delight: Portrait of the Plains Indian Girl in the White House
by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

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An eagerly-awaited quick reader's biography (for readers 10 to 110) that explores the story of "The Darling of Washington D.C.," the mysterious teenage Otoe Indian woman whose portrait hangs in the White House alongside five other 1822 portraits of Plains Indian Chiefs and delegates from the Great Plains.

A quick reader's biography of Evelyn Sharp who learned to fly an airplane as a teenage girl. She became the youngest woman commercial pilot, taught men to fly for war, became a well respected member of several women's flying groups, and flew war planes across the country so they could be sent to action overseas during World War II.

A quick-reading biography of Solon Borglum-the lesser known and most often overlooked secret son of Danish Mormon immigrants who traveled the Mormon Trail to Utah in the 1860s, then changed their religion and lifestyle and moved to Nebraska. Despite his unusual childhood, Solon grew up to be a cowboy, rancher, sheriff, early Boy Scout leader, French World War I hero, Army art instructor, and the world famous artist nicknamed "The Sculptor of the Prairie." Solon's carving of monumental-sized Plains Indian figures in the sandhills bluffs near his father's Central Nebraska ranch was the likely inspiration for his more famous older brother (John) Gutzon Borglum's sculpting of Mount Rushmore. (For 6th or 7th grade through senior citizen adult readers.)

A quick readers' biography of Petalesharo or Man Chief of the Skidi (Loup or Wolf) Pawnee of Nebraska. As a young man, Man Chief became famous among the people of the Plains and later when he visited President James Monroe in the White House in 1821-1822. Many people of the East painted portraits of him or wrote poems, plays, essays, and stories about him. One of those portraits still hangs in the White House in Washington D.C.

The Doorstep Orphan: Eugene Field and a Trilogy of His Best-Loved Poems
by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

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A literary criticism biography of Eugene Field, who was known in the late 1800s and early 1900s as the Children's Poet and the Poet of Childhood, featuring three of his best-loved poems, "Little Boy Blue," "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (also called "The Dutch Lullaby"), and "The Duel" (also called "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). LitCritBio series Includes notes, glossary, annotated bibliography.Reading/Interest Level: Middle School through Adult

My Name Is Shawnee: A Horse Story with Photographs
by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

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An easy-reading horse story for young readers that is seemingly told by a real horse named Shawnee from her birth to adulthood. Illustrated with real pictures of Shawnee, her pasture mates, and other horsy things, along with horse facts, highlighted vocabulary, thinking questions placed throughout the text, and with a glossary of horse terms at the end. Illustrated with 19 color photographs inside and two on the cover. Approximately 40 pages. R.L.:3 I.L.: Pre-K through all ages.

A primary-level readers’ theater story or read aloud in which a dog and a cat with very different attitudes take turns telling about their favorite things as those things happen during the day. (Field Mouse InterActive Play Series) Includes reproducible script.